The Personal and Marital Adjustment of Mothers and of Voluntarily and Involuntarily Childless Wives.

Callan, Victor J.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v49 n4 p847-56 Nov 1987

Assessed psychological well-being and marital adjustment of mothers, voluntarily childless wives, and infertile women. Infertile women reported lower levels of personal well being. Voluntarily and involuntarily childless women were more pleased with the amount of freedom and flexibility they had in their lives, and infertile women reported more loving relationships and support in their lives and marriages. (Author/KS)